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Formosan rock macaque size: How big do they get?

How big does a Formosan rock macaque get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis) reaches an average size of 56 cm (1′ 11″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 5.75 kg (12.69 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 400 grams (0.88 lbs). A Formosan rock macaque has 1 babies at once. The Formosan rock macaque (genus: Macaca) is a member of the family Cercopithecidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Formosan rock macaque is  (1' 11

The Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis), Formosan rock monkey, or Taiwanese macaque, is a macaque endemic to the island of Taiwan, which has also been introduced to Japan. Besides humans, Formosan rock macaques are the only native primates living in Taiwan. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1862.

Animals of the same family as a Formosan rock macaque

We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Formosan rock macaque

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Formosan rock macaque:

Animals with the same litter size as a Formosan rock macaque

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Formosan rock macaque:

Animals with the same weight as a Formosan rock macaque

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macaca cyclopis: